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Common law & legal systems: general commentary
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Books
Canadian
o Arnheim, M., Principles of the common law (St John’s: Duckworth, 2004)
o Atkinson, P., The Canadian Justice System: An Overview (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005)
o Boyd, N., Canadian Law: An Introduction, 4th ed. (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2007)
o Demakos et al., Your guide to Canadian law: 1,000 frequently asked questions and answers, 2nd ed. (Markham: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2009)
o Fitzgerald, Wright & Kazmiersk, Looking at Law: Canada’s Legal System, 6th ed. (Carleton University Snapshot Series in Legal Studies) (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010)
o Gall, G., The Canadian Legal System, 5th ed. (Scarborough: Thomson Carswell, 2004)
o Horner, J., Canadian law and the Canadian legal system (Toronto: Pearson Allyn & Bacon, 2007)
o Juratowitch, B., Retroactivity and the common law (Portland: Hart, 2008)
o Walker & Chase, Common law, civil law and the future of categories (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010)
English
o Bingham, T., The Rule of Law (London: Allen Lane, 2010)
o Duxbury, N., The nature and authority of precedent (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
o Edlin, D., Common Law Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
o MacCormick, N., Institutions of law: an essay in legal theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
o White & Willock, The Scottish Legal System, 3rd ed. rev. (Haywards Heath: Tottel Pub., 2006)
American
o Calabresi, G., A Common Law for the Age of Statutes (Union, N.J.: Lawbook Exchange, 1999)
o Edlin, D., Common law theory (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Other countries
o McPherson , B., The reception of English law abroad (Brisbane: Supreme Court Library of Queensland, 2007)
Websites
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
Britton – An English translation and notes
The Commonwealth of England as the De Republica Anglorum
